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Royal Welch Fusiliers Memorial

Ian Harvey
Royal Welsh Fusiliers

At the beginning of the Battle of Ypres, the 1.100 men strong Royal Welch Fusiliers marched 120 miles to join the effort to push the…

Kennet Valley to Digitize Its World War Two Collection

Ian Harvey
World War Two

A community history project is set to digitise the artefacts that were collected during World War Two as part of the placement of hundreds of…

Toymaker Gets Boost From Model of a WWII Fighter Plane

Ian Harvey
WWII

Hornby has been in the toy business since the early 1900s, but has recently been struggling after losing £4.5m in the wake of a London…

Wargaming helps to open the Fury exhibition at the Tank Museum

Wargaming

Opening its turret doors on the 20th of October, the exhibition tells the story of the Museum’s integral involvement with the making of David Ayer’s…

Greenham Common Cold War Control Tower’s Restoration Begins

Ian Harvey
the Cold War

Work to renovate an abandoned Cold War airbase control tower is under way in Berkshire. On completion, the tower will become a visitor centre open…

Spy who broke ‘Nazi’ spy ring revealed at last!

Ian Harvey
Real Jack King

Eric Roberts, an unassuming father of three, has been revealed as the genius German agent who infiltrated the ranks of British Nazi sympathisers. A bank…

Five amazing occasions when enemies in war worked together

Photo story:  (1) B-17 Flying Fortress bomber (2) 2nd Lt. Charles Brown (3) Notre Dame Class ring (4) Prisoners of war were forced into the…

WWII German U-Boat found sunk near American Freighter off North Carolina

Ian Harvey
WWII

A team of researchers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Office of National Marine Sanctuaries discovered not one, but two naval vessels from…

A Town in France Serves As A Living Memorial For The Normandy Landings (D-Day)

Ian Harvey
D-Day

Sainte-Mère-Église, a commune in the Manche department of Normandy, is a town bustling with the memory of its D-Day past. Themed hotels and eateries run…

Hitler’s Assault on Poland – How World War TwoStarted

Ian Harvey
World War Two

On September 1 1939, German battleship Schleswig-Holstein bombarded the Polish fort of Westerplatte in a conflict that came to be known as the battle of…

Gallipoli Battlefield Investigation Complete

Ian Harvey
Gallipoli Battlefield

A team of researchers, historians, and archaeologists from three countries has just completed the largest investigation of the Gallipoli battlefield to date.  The project, which…

A Gallipoli Gunboat Is To Be Opened To the Public for a Centennial Commemoration

Ian Harvey
Gallipoli Gunboat

The only boat to have survived the battles in Gallipoli, a British vessel, is to be unveiled and open to the public for the very…